America's Forgotten Superstar
Publication Date: 08/11/2009
Bandleader Kay Kyser was one of the most over the top performers of the entire swing era. In the 1930's and 1940's, this hugely successful musical comedy performer starred in 7 feature films and scored 11 number one and 35 top ten recordings. Songs like "Three Little Fishies", "Who Wouldn't Love You", "Woody Woodpecker" and the more serious "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition" have stayed in America's hearts for decades. His NBC radio show "Kay Kysers College of Musical Knowledge" stayed popular for 11 years. #13; The book's 341 pages, includes a full KK discography, over 100 photos, rare interviews with Kay Kyser, his band members, and the Kyser family and of course the full life story of the Ol?Professor himself. There are also profiles on prominent KK orchestra members, color repros of KK movie posters, sheet music and magazine covers. This book rediscovers and dusts off a wealth of forgotten musical and Hollywood history and is an important part of American music history that has now been preserved for generations to come. . Kay Kyser - The Ol'Professor of Swing! America's Forgotten Superstar is the first published biography of the man and his band who set swing music on its' ear - then disappeared. How someone who accomplished so much be forgotten?
- ISBN:
- 9780615319834
- 9780615319834
- Category:
- Biography: general
- Publication Date:
- 08-11-2009
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Richland Creek Publishing
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 254x177.8x19.05mm
- Weight:
- 0.73kg
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